Sunday, December 28, 2008

he's quiet by natureeasy on the eyesand quick to smile and laughmy little c impresses me every dayand i have a very low key childand am so gratefulhe may be cautioustake his timebut that suits me perfectlyand this beautiful little boyis the one i was meant to havetaps me on the facehugshugsand more hugsand dry kisses (they used to be sloppy but he's learning ;)you are lovedi am blessedand am finally realizing it

Saturday, December 20, 2008

i haven't updated in nearly 2wkswith good reasonit's been one hell of a monthfirst a week and a half of stomach flu for little ca few days worth for both dh and meand thenmy mother in law diesso we are just backit took some effort getting out theredelaysetcwinter weathercoming back wasearlybut easierand so now little c has the fluhis daddy had a coldand round caca of this month continues

looking forward to 2009, because the end of 2008 is proving not so great

Monday, December 08, 2008

from the silence came sounddoes silence existwhat exists between the sound and silencelisten to the sound inside your body, pick one and go inside that sound - what do you feel?

ohm shanti!ohm namaha shivaya!

the weekend started with a brief history of soundthe cornerstones of sound and healingand learning how to listenbeyond wordsinto frequenciesvibrationsand what effects those would haveunblocked by noise pollutionon me

then toning and chanting and experience

fullrichexperience

and we all created a sacred, trusting, healing spacewhere we sharedwhere we learned from each other

a weekend full of learningand connection!

namaste jeremy and all those who were in the workshops with mesacredsound.ca

i'll share more later as i process all of the amazing things wedged into the weekend

Friday, December 05, 2008

and this article about it today links the state of a federally-owned bridge and the government of today...

"Chaudière Bridge out indefinitely...

"Deterioration in the masonry arches of the 170-year-old Chaudière Bridge was noticed by a contractor two weeks ago, Mr. Vaillancourt said. It passed a full inspection in 2007, he said.

"The crumbling of the bridge is a symbol of what’s wrong with the federal Conservative government, area politicians said.

Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar, a New Democrat, said the closing of the bridge spoke to the need for an economic stimulus package that was at the heart of the political storm raging on Parliament Hill.“Here we’ve got a government that says it has provided all the economic stimulus that’s necessary, and yet, in the shadow of Parliament Hill, in the heart of the city, we have a bridge owned by the federal government that is falling down,” Mr. Dewar said.“This is a metaphor for what’s wrong with the government. To have this happen in the backyard of Parliament is exactly why we need a stimulus, and more money for infrastructure.”

"Councillor Diane Holmes, whose ward is served by the Chaudière Bridge, said having a federally-owned bridge in the capital begin to fall apart through neglect was intolerable. She said the bridge’s closing should shame the federal government into fixing Canada’s crumbling infrastructure.“It is their own bridge, and one would expect at the very least that there would be regular inspections so it doesn’t get to a point where it is in imminent collapse,” Ms. Holmes said. “This suggests there are not inspections often enough to take care of their own roads and bridges. It shows the federal government doesn’t have a priority on infrastructure, and they should.”